Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-20
CAUGHT IN A BED OF SIN
A FIGHT FOR LIFE IN A FAITH
LESS WIFE'S ROOM.

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The wronged Husba and He'sbors the
Sleeping LothariO With Poker-The
Woman Attempts TO Hand Her Lover
Her Husbands PistOl-Two Tragedies
at Tampa.
ATLANTA, GA, Jan. 19.-Tnls morning
at o'clock Richard Hawes, an engineer
on the Western railroad OF Alabama, went
TO his home on West Hunter street and
found Mike Kane in a room with his wife.
Both were asleep. Hawes seized an iron
poker and dealt Kane terrible blows on
the head and left side. A struggle ensued
between the two men, during which Mrs.
Halves attempted TO give Kane her nus
bands pistol, but Halves ierked the
weapon from her hand, when Kane
dashed through a window into the street,
closely followed by HAYES, VINO snapped
the weapon at him four times and hled
once, the ball missing the flying Lolharlo.
WOULD NOT KILL her.
Halves returned to his wife, who i'm
plored him TO Kill her, but he replied:
''No, / love you TOO we'll" Police APP
peared and carried Mrs. Halves and
Kane to the station and registered them
for dlsorderly conduct. Later HaWes got
"a warrant against both for adultery and
went to serve the warrants this alter
noon be discovered that Mrs. Halves had
fled from the city, and that Kane was IN
an almost Cying condition at his nome on
Hunter street. Two OF hls llOs are
thought TO be broken and his skull Is
fractured. The Hawes people have three
smxll children. Halves found III his
room the remains of an oyster supper
and bottle OF whisky, and says that ne
thinks both his wife and Kane
were in a drunken sleep when he entered.
Halves lett at O'Clock yesterday on hls
regular trip to Montgomery, Ala, and
was not expected back until to-day, but
he changed engines at West Point and
came to the city at O'Clock this morning.
In the Jones trial to-day three witnesses
swore that Gray, the deceased, threatened
10 kill Janes if he should impound his
cows, ouc<mDNearing that he heard him
s.saaak a Sit f&E80ts on three distinct Occa-
~ {4kfoas crowd yet filed the
1870 15&@f9uelic rterest in the
"A s3 11[3 01& N4tSsaH con GREss.
- s0utt1efi es1fy <;ongress, which
meets at DeFan'ak SPF7nRs, Fla, pro-
yoses to plant tfue ~ &engp of each
State in the Union. H0o,a< tringie,
of Sandersville, Ca, Prsoif41&of the Con-
gress, wrote to GOV. GOrdoH thnta Geor-
gia tree would be planted, aAkkng him to
name the tree aud legend or ns0ho tor it,.
The Governor answered to-day naming
the tree Alexander Hamilton Stephens,
with this legend; "This tree is planted in
honor Of Alexander Hamilton Stephens,
OF Georgia, name suggestive OF all that
is beautiful in private benevOlence. and
of all that is wise and conservative i'll
Craftsmanship, the synonym and strik-
ing example of a tree and exalted man
hood" The Governor also ap-
pointed the following as the
delegates from Georgia to the Congress:
Atwood, Of Darien; K. b. Reppard, of
savannah; A. H. Smith, of Naldosta; j.
A. Butts, of Bainbridge; J. II. Martin. OF
j. b. LatimOre, of Lump
lin; j. B. German, of TalbOttOn; X. j.
oses, OF Columbus; Nj. A. Gambler, OF
ecatur; Sydney Root, of Atlanta; Rob-
b V. Hardeman, of Clinton; G. Ii. Craw-
rd, OF Milledgevllle: M. NJ. Folsom, of
aeon; William l.. Phillips, of Marietta;
b. Hamilton, of Rome; Joshua
howles, OF Greensboro; Lewis Jones, OF
hens; ii. p Bell, of Cumming; james
achOls, of NacOochee; j. j. Jones, OF
avnesbOro. and z. j. Berckmans, of Au-
ssa.
~ COL. GRANTS DEATH.
z#ft1ol. John T. Grant, ole OF the oldest
~ wealthiest citizens of atlanta, who
last night, akeu 30 years, was
"a Der of the weil-known firm OF convict
<ractors OF Grant, Alexander X Co.
Raves an only son, Capt. William ID.
md who has for some years been in
&1rge of his property and business. The
oral will be neld at his residence at 10
ok tomorrow morning and the burial
pccur at Oakland cemetery.
y National Poultry and Bench eX-
Ion has been crowded to-day and the
OF chickens and dogs attracted
attention.